U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/23/94 - 05/24/94 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 27289 27290 27291 27292 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27289 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/94 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/22/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE DUSTERHOFT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: THOMAS ANDREWS +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WHILE PERFORMING A SPECIAL TEST ON THE SERVICE WATER SYSTEM, THE AS FOUND | | FLOWS TO THE CONTROL ROOM HVAC COOLERS WAS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED | | FLOW. THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR 46 GALLONS PER MINUTE AT 81.5 DEGREES F TO | | EACH COOLER. THIS IS THE NUMBER USED IN THE PLANT ACCIDENT ANALYSES. THESE | | COOLERS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE COOLING TO CONTROL ROOM EQUIPMENT AND | | PERSONNEL DURING ACCIDENT CONDITIONS. | | | | THE MEASURED FLOW FOR ONE COOLER WAS 45 GALLONS PER MINUTE AND 44 GALLONS | | PER MINUTE FOR THE OTHER. THE FLOW WAS ADJUSTED TO ACHIEVE GREATER THAN | | THE MINIMUM FLOW TO EACH COOLER. ALL OTHER FLOW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE | | SERVICE WATER SYSTEM WERE MEASURED SATISFACTORILY. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE FLOW REDUCTION TO THESE COOLERS IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO RE-EVALUATE THE FLOW VALUE USED IN THE ACCIDENT | | ANALYSES TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF THIS EVENT FROM REOCCURRING. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27290 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/94 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:37[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VERCELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: THOMAS ANDREWS +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 89 POWER OPERATION | 89 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WHILE PREPARING TO PERFORM A UNIT 3 DIVISION 1 UNDERVOLTAGE TEST, THE | | LICENSEE WAS CLOSING THE UNIT 3 TO UNIT 2 CROSS TIE BREAKER AT UNIT 3 BUS | | 33-1. WHEN THIS BREAKER WAS CLOSED, THE UNIT 2/3 EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE LICENSEE RECEIVED | | INDICATION OF A UNIT 3 125 VDC NEGATIVE GROUND AND A UNIT 2 125 VDC | | POSITIVE GROUND. THE UNIT 2/3 DIESEL AUTO-START SIGNAL WAS DETERMINED TO | | BE COMING FROM THE UNIT 3 AUTO START RELAY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE AUTO START AND THE GROUND | | INDICATIONS. NO OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS EVENT. THE BUSES | | CONTINUE TO BE ENERGIZED. ALL ESF / ECCS EQUIPMENT IS OPERABLE. OFFSITE | | POWER IS AVAILABLE AND STABLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27291 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/94 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RODNEY DAWDY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DALE POWERS RDO | |DUNE 73.71(b)(1) UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A NON-LICENSED CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE FALSIFIED HIS | | EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. THE LICENSEE IS MAKING THIS REPORT IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH 10CFR 50.73 APPENDIX G PARAGRAPH 1.C. | | | | FBI INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT CONFLICTED WITH THE EMPLOYMENT | | APPLICATION. THE EMPLOYEE'S INFORMATION NOTED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD A | | MISDEMEANOR ARREST FOR NARCOTICS POSSESSION AND THE FBI RECORDS INDICATE | | THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED FOR A FELONY POSSESSION. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS REVOKED UNESCORTED ACCESS TO THE SITE AS OF TODAY. (THE | | INDIVIDUAL'S UNESCORTED ACCESS WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN ON 3/29/94.) THE | | INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN SAFETY RELATED WORK. SEE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 27292 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/94 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/23/94 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/94 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY |WILLIAM BRACH EO | | | | | |SPIROS DROGGITIS SP | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MATERIAL ARRIVED ONSITE WITH EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION. THE LICENSEE IS | | MAKING THIS REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 20.1906. | | | | THE MATERIAL ARRIVED IN A BOX FROM RUST UTILITY SERVICES WITH A BILL OF | | LADING IDENTIFYING IT AS NON-RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. THE LICENSEE PERFORMED | | A SURVEY OF THE BOX AS A PRECAUTION AND FOUND LOOSE SURFACE CONTAMINATION | | OF UP TO 21,870 DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS BETA GAMMA. GENERAL SURFACE | | CONTAMINATION WAS 3000 DPM PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS BETA GAMMA. GENERAL | | ALPHA CONTAMINATION WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE BOX OF 30 DPM PER 100 SQUARE | | CENTIMETERS WITH THE HIGHEST ALPHA CONTAMINATION OF 37.5 DPM PER 100 SQUARE | | CENTIMETERS. | | | | THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BOX ARE APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET BY 4 FEET BY 4 FEET AND | | THE BOX WAS DELIVERED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE BOX | | IS BELIEVED TO BE DIVING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR UPCOMING WORK ON THE | | SPENT FUEL POOL. THE LICENSEE IS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE PICKUP TRUCK TO | | PERFORM A SURVEY ON IT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+